§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will make a statement regarding the current level of unemployment in Rochdale borough; and how many people in the borough of Rochdale have been unemployed for more than a year.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information is available from the Library. Unemployment by duration is analysed on a quarterly basis. The latest figures show that in October 1989 there were 2,520 unemployed claimants in the local authority area of Rochdale who had been unemployed for more than one year. The corresponding total number of unemployed claimants was 7,117.
Long-term unemployment continues to fall at a faster rate than total unemployment.
In December 1989 the total level of unemployment in the local authority area of Rochdale was 6,945.